AGENCY: Office of Vital Records and Statistics

SERIES: 81420
TITLE: Divorce, annulment, or dissolution of marriage certificate
DATES: 1978-2010.
ARRANGEMENT: Numerical by county code

DESCRIPTION: These records support the agency's function to document and certify the facts of family formation for residents of the state. Records are certificates submitted to the agency by court clerks as required by Utah Code 26-2-25 (1995) and are used to prepare statements of divorce as well as an annual compilation, analysis, and publication of statistics (Utah Code 26-2-3 (2013)). Information includes the facts of the divorce and identifiable information for the parties divorcing. This series includes an index.

RETENTION

Permanent. Retain for 75 year(s)

DISPOSITION

Transfer to Archives.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

APPROVED: 06/1987

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Computer data files: Retain in Office permanently.

Computer data files backup: Retain in Office until administrative value has been met and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.

Paper: Retain in Office until administrative value has been met and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Administrative Historical Legal

As a vital record this information is of historical value and provides legal evidence of an individual's rights (Utah Code 26-2-26(1995)).

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Exempt. Utah Code 26-2-22(4)(c)(2012)

SECONDARY DESIGNATION

Exempt. Utah Code 30-3-4(2)(c)(2008)

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